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Thursday, 14 March 2013

2013 Running Goals: Update

Can you believe that it's already middle-March?! A quarter of 2013 is almost behind us! Seeing that I've set myself exactly four running related goals for the year, I thought that this would be the ideal time to give you an update on how things are going:Goal No. 1: Complete an international raceI'm happy to report that this one's in the bag! We traveled to the Kingdom of Lesotho in February, where I took part in the Highlands Trout Mountain Challenge - a challenging half-marathon in the Maluti Mountains. Without a doubt one of the most beautiful races I've ever done!

Goal 2: Complete an obstacle raceThe plan, God willing, is to enter the third leg of the Warrior Race series scheduled for early May in Jo'burg. Entries for this series, one of the first of its kind in South Africa, are known to fly, so fingers crossed that I'll get a spot! I'd really, really love to tackle this one with a friend or two, so if you're keen to join me for some mud and laughter, please let me know!

Goal 3: Complete a triathlonI might have to re-visit this one. Completing a triathlon is such a huge dream of mine, but cycling on our sometimes crazy South African roads just makes me so nervous! Plus I'm quite a jittery, unskilled rider to begin with [(hey, Will? ;)], so I'm really just not having any fun out there on the bike. But we'll see. Maybe, maybe not. Goal 4: Set a new half-marathon PRI'm currently hard at work on this one! Of all four goals I've set, I think that this one might be the hardest to achieve. For that reason I've identified two potential PR setting opportunities later in the year: The Glen Half-Marathon scheduled for 11 May 2013 in Bloem (a day after my 36th birthday! What a schweet gift to myself a new PR would be!) and the Skukuza Half-Marathon scheduled for 3 August 2013 in the Kruger National Park. I'm trying to focus a bit more on speed work at the moment and things are going quite well; now if everyone will please just cooperate and stay healthy (ahem, Will)...!!

5 comments:

You have great goals! The triathlon one would be the most difficult I think. Mainly because of the preparation involved. The half in Bloem sounds perfect. Don't run Skukuza for a time. You probably won't get a very fast time there and you will miss half the experience. Just relax through that one and enjoy the scenery. I always have plenty goals. Even 5 to 7 years ahead! This year my A goal is the Otter Challenge. I'm also getting my permanent number at Mont-Aux-Sources. My list is very long. I'll post an update on my blog soon.

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